Road Pricing Analysis

Shaun Bailey: Have you undertaken any analysis to investigate any correlation between your road pricing schemes and willingness to travel to and visit London since lockdown?

The Mayor: In May 2020, in accordance with the condition in TfL’s emergency funding from Government, Transport for London (TfL) urgently brought forward proposals to temporarily widen the scope and level of the Congestion Charge. On 22 June 2020, these temporary changes came into effect. The changes will help to prevent streets in central London becoming unusably congested and support the transformation of London’s streets as part of my Streetspace for London plan.
TfL does not have any current analysis that shows the correlation between road pricing schemes and willingness to travel in or visit London. Individuals’ willingness to travel has been affected recently by a range of factors including government advice on travel and working from home, public perception of coronavirus risk and whether places are open, making it very difficult to isolate the specific impact of road pricing schemes.